Believe

Believe is a simplistic , but beautiful card.  I love the innocence of this little angel.  The stamp set is "Temptation" from Frog's Whiskers Ink.  I water coloured her and added a moon beam shinning down on her.  The sentiment is "Good Greetings" from Stampin' Up.  

Challenges entered:

AAA Cards CAS Game #126 Moonlight
https://aaacards.blogspot.com/2018/10/cas-game-126-moonlight.html

Happy Little Stamper October Christmas Challenge
https://happylittlestampers.blogspot.com/2018/10/hls-october-christmas-challenge.html

Bear Hugs

I absolutely love polar bears and when I saw this stamp, I just had to use it.  I love the simplicity of this card.  I do not know who makes the stamp set.  It contains eight beautiful polar bears and they are all adorable.  I coloured the bears with copic markers.  The night sky was also done with copic markers.  I am pleased how the sky turned out.  I added small gel pen dots for the stars in the sky.  Sentiment is from Jane's Doodles "Bear Hugs" stamp set.

Thanks for joining me on my blog.

Challenges entered:

AAA Cards CAS game #123 - sketch

https://aaacards.blogspot.com/2018/09/cas-game-123-sketch.html

Bugaboo Stamps Catch the Bug Challenge - Anything Goes

http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com/2018/09/new-challenge-at-bugaboo-anything-goes.html

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-anything-goes-53/

Happy Little Stamps CAS Challenge - Wild

https://happylittlestampers.blogspot.com/2018/09/hls-september-cas-challenge.html

Cute N Crafty Challenge 8 - Anything Goes

https://cutencraftychallengeblog.blogspot.com/2018/08/challenge-8-anything-goes.html

Chin Up!

Time for me to try a different medium for my cards; coloured pencil crayons and Gamsol.  I tried colouring with pencil crayons once before and I didn't like it all.  Decided to give it another try with the help of another card maker.  I enjoyed it this time.  There is definitely room for improvement.  Today I made this giraffe to cheer up a friend.  The "Baby Giraffe" stamp set is from Impression Obsession.  I coloured the background using a copic marker.

Thanks for stopping by to have a look.

Challenges entered:
Impression Obsession Challenge - Pop Up your Words
http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/impression_obsession_news/2018/08/new-impression-obsession-challenge-pop-up-your-words.html

AAA Cards CAS Game #123 - Sketch
https://aaacards.blogspot.com/2018/09/cas-game-123-sketch.html

Bugaboo Stamps Catch the Bug Challenge - Anything Goes
http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com/2018/09/new-challenge-at-bugaboo-anything-goes.html

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-anything-goes-53/

Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge - Wild
https://happylittlestampers.blogspot.com/2018/09/hls-september-cas-challenge.html

Cute N Crafty Challenge 8 - Anything Goes
https://cutencraftychallengeblog.blogspot.com/2018/08/challenge-8-anything-goes.html

MERRY CHRISTMOOSE

Time to start a few Christmas Cards.  I love this Christmas Moose from High Hopes.  I wanted to keep this one very simple.  He is coloured with copics with some glitter snow added for the hat rim and edge of scarf.  What Christmas Moose doesn't have Christmas snow so I added a bit.  Loved doing this cutie.

Thanks for stopping by to have a look.

Challenges entered:

AAA Cards CAS Game 119 - Christmas in July
https://aaacards.blogspot.com/2018/07/cas-game-119-christmas-in-july.html

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge 170 - Christmas in July
http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/2018/07/challenge-170-christmas-in-july.html

Creative Craft Cottage Challenge 109 - The Most Wonderful Time of Year
https://creativecraftcottage.blogspot.com/2018/07/challenge-109-most-wonderful-time-of.html

Coffee

This says it all for a coffee drinker like myself.  This card was done with one stamp set, Newton's Nook "Newton Loves Coffee".  I coloured the cat and coffee cup using copics.  I stamped the coffee beans with Tim Holtz distress ink walnut stain.  I then outlined them with a very fine liner.  I added black Nuvo Crystal Drops for the nose.

Thanks for taking a peek.

Challenges entered:

Newton's Nook Challenge #75 - Cute Animals

http://www.inkypawschallenge.com/2018/06/inky-paws-challenge-75.html

AAA CAS Game #118 - Use a Frame
https://aaacards.blogspot.com/2018/06/cas-game-118-use-frame.html

Crafter's Cafe Blog Challenge - Keep it Simple
https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2018/07/keep-it-simple.html

Birthday Bear Hugs

This is a fun bold card I made for a little boys birthday.  I used MFT "Birthday Bears".  I cut two squares out of the red and then embossed it with a Darice embossing folder.  I made this into a shaker card and used Cuttlebug Confetti die for the confetti.  I coloured the bear with copics and heat embossed the sentiment.

Thanks for popping by to have a look at my cards.

Challenges entered:

MFT Sketch Challenge 390
http://www.cardchallenges.com/search/label/sketchchallenge

MFT Birthday Project - Beary Happy Birthday
http://www.cardchallenges.com/search/label/thebirthdayprojectchallenge

Cute N Crafty Challenge Blog
https://cutencraftychallengeblog.blogspot.com/

CAS #118 - Use a frame
https://aaacards.blogspot.com/

A Gem of a Challenge #222 Red White and Blue
http://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com/

You Are My Sunshine

This little girl is just so adorable.  The stamp set is "April Showers" by Dare 2B Artzy.  I stenciled a small area of geometric squares using Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide.  She coloured with copics and the sentiment was stamped with a Marvy marker. I added Wink of Stella to the lacy part of the umbrella, coat and to the flower on the gumboots.  I used glossy accents for the button and the three blue dots on the tag.

Thanks for having a peek at my creation.

My "You Are My Sunshine" card was picked by "A Gem of a Challenge" as a top 3.  Thank you for the recognition. 

Challenges entered:

Bugaboo Stamps Catch the Bug
http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Stella%20Says%20Sketch

AAA Cards CAS Game #117 - Geometrics
https://aaacards.blogspot.com/



Pink Gem - Gem of a Challenge #221 Yellow
http://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com/